Agamben and the Politics of Human Rights: Statelessness, Images, Violence

by Saul Newman and John Lechte

Book Overview

Human rights are in crisis today. Everywhere one looks, there is violence, deprivation, and oppression, which human rights norms seem powerless to prevent. This book investigates the roots of the current crisis through the thought of Italian philosopher, Giorgio Agamben. Human rights theory and practice must come to grips with key problems identified by Agamben - the violence of the sovereign state of exception and the reduction of humanity to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474403050
• ISBN13: 9781474403054
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"